Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is getting blamed for one more sports activities loss within the Lone Star State ― and this time, he wasn’t even in attendance.
Cruz tweeted a message in assist of the Dallas Cowboys, which could’ve appeared like a protected guess provided that they had been the heavy favorites taking part in at residence towards the Green Bay Packers going into Sunday’s NFL playoffs match:
But that’s not how issues shook out because the Packers trounced the Cowboys, 48-32.
That helped feed the rising notion amongst Cruz’s critics on social media that he’s a jinx to the groups he loves.
He was blamed for cursing the Texas Longhorns when he turned as much as assist the staff earlier this yr as they misplaced their Sugar Bowl matchup towards the Washington Huskies.
He has additionally been blamed for the Houston Astros dropping final autumn within the American League Championship Series, for jinxing the Houston Rockets within the NBA playoffs in 2018 and for Texas Tech’s defeat within the NCAA finals in 2017, all with Cruz in attendance.
Last yr, Cruz angrily denied that he was cursing his favourite groups, calling Rolling Stone journal “lying hacks” for an article on he topic.
Now, some followers are taking the Cowboys’ loss out on Cruz:
